Team Notes
- Georgia Tech fell to 5-4 overall and 3-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, while Virginia Tech moved to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in ACC play.
- Georgia Tech has lost back-to-back games for the first time since Oct. 20 and 29, 2022, when it dropped consecutive decisions at Florida State (41-16) and vs. Virginia (16-9).
- Saturday’s loss snapped Georgia Tech’s streak of 11-consecutive wins in games following a defeat.
- Georgia Tech fell to 11-2 in games that follow a defeat under head coach Brent Key.
- The loss snapped Georgia Tech’s four-game winning streak at Virginia Tech (2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022). The Yellow Jackets remain one of only two visiting teams that have won four-straight games at VT’s Lane Stadium since it opened in 1965 (joining Clemson, who won five in a row at VT from 1977-95).
- Georgia Tech fell to 8-12 all-time against Virginia Tech, including a 4-5 record at VT.
- Georgia Tech’s block of a Virginia Tech field goal attempt in the third quarter was the Yellow Jackets’ fifth blocked kick of the season, which moves them into a tie with Florida State for the most blocked kicks in the nation this season.
- The blocked kick was Georgia Tech’s 12th in 30 games since Key took over as the Yellow Jackets’ head coach in 2022. The Yellow Jackets’ 12 blocked kicks since Oct. 1, 2022 (their first game under Key) are the most in the nation during that span.
- Georgia Tech has blocked 36 kicks since the beginning of the 2013 season, which is tied with Army West Point for most in the nation during that span.
- Georgia Tech’s six points were fewest in a game since a 42-0 loss to Ole Miss on Sept. 17, 2022 (which was also the Yellow Jackets’ last game without a touchdown).
- Georgia Tech’s defense limited Virginia Tech RB Bhayshul Tuten, the nation’s No. 7-leading rusher with 871 yards on the season coming in to Saturday’s game, to just 78 yards on 17 carries, 46 yards below his season average of 124.4 rushing yards per game.
- Georgia Tech was once again playing without starting QB Haynes King and starting LB Kyle Efford, its leading tackler, who both missed their second-straight game due to injury.
Individual Notes
- Sr. RT Jordan Williams made his 49th-career start, which is the most ever by a Georgia Tech offensive lineman, breaking the previous record of 48, which was held by current Georgia Tech Sports Network radio analyst Andrew Gardner (48 – 2005-08).
- r-Jr. WR Malik Rutherford (six rec., 53 yds.) caught a pass for the 24th-straight game, which moved him to a tie with Jerry Mays (24 – 1986-89) and Dez White (24 – 1997-99) for the seventh-longest streak of consecutive games with a reception in Georgia Tech history.
- Sr. DL Zeek Biggers’ field goal block in the third quarter was his second blocked kick of the season (prev.: FG at Syracuse – Sept. 7) and fourth of his career (prior to 2024: FG at Ole Miss – Sept. 16, 2023 and FG vs. Virginia – Oct. 20, 2022).
- True Fr. QB Aaron Philo saw the first significant action of his career when he entered the game in the third quarter. In less than a half of play, he threw for 184 yards.
- So. WR Eric Singleton, Jr. caught four passes for 90 yards, his second-highest yardage total of the season (season high: 102 vs. VMI – Sept. 14) and fourth-highest of his career (career high: 117 vs. North Carolina – Oct. 28, 2023).
